Metabolism of cyclophosphamide by rat hepatic microsomes.
Metabolism of cyclophosphamide by rat hepatic microsomes.
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N. Sládek
Summary The conversion of cyclophosphamide to its alkylating metabolite(s) by microsomes obtained from male rat liver was characterized. Under the conditions used, the reaction was found (a) to be temperature dependent; (b) to be enzyme concentration dependent; (c) to proceed in a linear fashion for 20 min; (d) to be localized to the hepatic microsomal fraction (no activity was found in Walker 256 carcinosarcoma cell fractions or in thymus, adrenal, and kidney cell fractions); (e) to require NADPH (NADH could not serve as an electron donor); (f) to be inhibited by carbon monoxide; (g) to be inhibited noncompetitively by nicotinamide; and (h) to be greatly depressed if previously frozen rather than fresh microsomes were used. Cyclophosphamide bound to microsomal hemoprotein elicited a Type I spectrum. As determined by a Lineweaver-Burk plot, the Vmax was 4.20 µmoles/g/hr and the Km was 1.39 mm. Microsomes from livers of female rats and mice metabolized cyclophosphamide with a Vmax of 0.66 and 9.69 µmoles/g/hr, respectively, and a Km of 0.67 and 0.68 mm, respectively. Cyclophosphamide inhibited metabolism of ethylmorphine competively and vice versa. The Ki9s when each was used as an inhibitor for the other9s metabolism equaled their respective Km9s. These findings and 2-substrate kinetic studies support the conclusion that the same enzyme system or systems with a common rate-limiting step catalyze the biotransformation of cyclophosphamide, ethylmorphine, and many other drugs in rat liver. While large differences in rates of metabolism were observed in vitro between male and female rats, proportional differences were not found in vivo as estimated by blood levels of alkylating activity following a single injection of cyclophosphamide i.p.